[Grey's hand slides to hide his face as his head droops. It's easier than looking at Manabu right now.]

Forward...

[To say Grey never thinks about the future would be inaccurate, but he does tend to focus on a specific goal without considering what comes afterwards. Once, that goal was to surpass Rezo. Now, his goal is to help Manabu. He can't think about what comes next beyond avoiding his own instinctual fear of being revealed or imprisoned.]

I don't want... to go back...

[His words slip out of him slowly, painful thoughts struggling to take shape and articulate themselves.]

If I go with you... if the authorities discover me, they'll make me into a lab rat again.